Thursday, December 11, 2014
Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) -- At least 50 people have died in Somalia after drinking contaminated water from a well in northern Mogadishu, an official in that East African country said Thursday.
Osman Mohamed, the deputy commissioner for Somalia's Yaqshid district, told CNN about the deaths among those who drank from the newly constructed well. More than 150 people who had water from that well were recently hospitalized.
Hawo Abdi, a mother of four, told CNN that her 8-year-old child is among those who died after drinking the contaminated water.